Brandon Acker (b. 1990) is a musician, educator, and content creator specializing in classical guitar and early plucked instruments, like the lute and theorbo. His YouTube channel has more than 700,000 subscribers and 85 million views, making him one of the most-watched classical guitar and lute players online. Early Music America described Acker as “among the leading early music educators on the planet.”

Acker has created an extensive series of online courses for the classical guitar with more than 6,000 students enrolled. His performance career spans from his early roots in rock guitar to international performances on historical instruments throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, and the UK.

He was a laureate of the 2020 Indiana Early Music Concerto Competition and won first place in the Society of American Musicians competition in 2010. He has performed with notable groups such as Apollo’s Fire, the Handel and Haydn Society, the Breathtaking Collective with Bruce Dickey, the Joffrey Ballet.

His recordings include Solitude with countertenor Reginald Mobley, released by the French label Alpha Classics, as well as Corelli’s Op. 5 Violin Sonatas with violinist Rachel Barton Pine. His other recordings include A Wanderer’s Guitar, featuring Schubert lieder arranged for voice and guitar, and Strung Up, a collection of minimalist works for harp and guitar. His lute playing also appears on the videogame soundtracks of Civilization VI, Civilization VII, and Total War: Warhammer III.